Carrollton Exempted Village School District – Carrollton, Ohio OHIO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS Curriculum Map Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: September - 1st 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we learn to read and understand literature? 2. How do we learn to read and understand informational text? 3. How do we use the conventions of standard English & knowledge of vocabulary to convey meaning in writing and speaking? Unit/Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and Differentiation Assessment Resources September - 1st 9 Weeks RL.8.4 RI.8.4 **Literary Graphic Organizer **Vocabulary Word Wall **Illustrate or compose their own examples of figurative language **Internalization of vocabulary through use of a Word Map (ReadWriteThink.org) *Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative, and technical meanings;analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. *Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations. **Read Write Think - Car Connotation Assignment **Connotation Revision Passage (rwt.org) **Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #16,17,27 September - 1st 9 Weeks RI.8.3 **Literary Graphic Organizer **Graphic Organizers for Active Reading (Lit Textbook) **Compare/Contrast: Write a compare/contrast essay or short open-ended response ReadWriteThink - Compare/Contrast Interactive Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events. **Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #23 **Tell Tale Heart & The Bells - Poe Compare/Contrast **Informational texts about NYC including: Building of Manhattan, Sept. 11, 2001 Attack on NYC, President Bush Speech, Let’s Roll, Youtube 9/11 videos, Teaching 9/11 Summary Video September - 1st 9 Weeks L.8.4.b **Personal Dictionary of Terms found, learned, and used throughout the unit / year. **Handouts for binder as references to be used throughout the school year Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word. **Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson # 2 **Word Parts Prezi & 20 Most Common Prefixes/ Suffixes Handouts
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Carrollton Exempted Village School District – Carrollton, Ohio OHIO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Curriculum Map Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: September - 1st 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we learn to read and understand literature? 2. How do we learn to read and understand informational text? 3. How do we use the conventions of standard English & knowledge of vocabulary to convey meaning in writing and speaking?
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and Differentiation
Assessment Resources
September - 1st 9 Weeks
RL.8.4 RI.8.4
**Literary Graphic Organizer
**Vocabulary Word Wall
**Illustrate or compose their own examples of figurative
language
**Internalization of vocabulary through use of a Word Map
(ReadWriteThink.org)
*Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a
text, including figurative and connotative, and technical
meanings;analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
*Distinguish among the
connotations of words with similar denotations.
**Read Write Think - Car Connotation Assignment
**Connotation Revision Passage
(rwt.org)
**Common Core Seeds for
Success Workbook Lesson #16,17,27
September - 1st 9 Weeks
RI.8.3 **Literary Graphic Organizer **Graphic Organizers for Active
Reading (Lit Textbook) **Compare/Contrast: Write a
compare/contrast essay or short open-ended response
ReadWriteThink -
Compare/Contrast Interactive
Analyze how a text makes connections among and
distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #23
**Tell Tale Heart & The Bells - Poe Compare/Contrast
**Informational texts about NYC including: Building of Manhattan, Sept. 11, 2001 Attack on NYC, President Bush Speech, Let’s Roll, Youtube 9/11 videos, Teaching 9/11 Summary Video
September - 1st 9 Weeks
L.8.4.b
**Personal Dictionary of Terms found, learned, and used throughout the unit /
year.
**Handouts for binder as
references to be used throughout the school year
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a word.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson # 2
**Word Parts Prezi & 20 Most Common Prefixes/ Suffixes Handouts
RL.8.5 **Literary Graphic Organizer **Graphic Organizers for Active
Reading (Lit Textbook) **Compare/Contrast: Write a
compare/contrast essay or short open-ended response
ReadWriteThink -
Compare/Contrast Interactive
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure
of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #3,4,5,7
Reading Texts: The Monkey’s Paw (play & opening of Short Story), Tell Tale Heart & The Bells (Poem)
September - 1st 9 Weeks
RI.8.2 **ThinkPairShare for analyzation and objective
summary of given text.
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of
the text.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #18, 21
**Attack on NYC - Interviews and Accounts, Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage
September - 1st 9 Weeks
RL.8.2 **Students will work within station groups to collaborate in creation of plot diagrams (may be done using a slide
show program -ie. Slide Rocket)
ReadWriteThink - Plot Diagram Interactive
Determine a theme or central idea or a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text, including its relationship
to the characters, setting, and plot;provide an objective summary
of the text.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #19,13
**”The Three Little Pigs” - 4 Types of Characters
**Children’s Book Plot Diagram Project from County Library
**Glogster - Realistic Fiction Project
Reading Texts: Monkey’s Paw,The Medicine Bag We Are One, Comorant in the Bathtub,”Oh the Places You Will Go” - (Dr. Suess)
September- 1st 9 Weeks
RL.8.1
Inferences Strategies Link - Wisconsin Ed.
Communications Board (Many links to differentiated
ideas and strategies for drawing inferences from
texts)
Cite the textual evidence that most
strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicity as well as inferences drawn from the text.
**List of guiding questions to support students when
analyzing (annotating) texts & poems.
**Note-taking Guide/
Strategies for Active Reading
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and
analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to
conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson # 67
**Standard Start Daily Exercises
**Chicago - Poem Carl
Sandburg & other Chicago Poems
Vocabulary: audience, compare, connotative, content contrast, denotative, device, dialogue, figurative, imagery, irony, narrator, point of view, purpose, stanza, structure, tone
Carrollton Exempted Village School District – Carrollton, Ohio
OHIO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Carrollton Exempted Village School District – Carrollton, Ohio
OHIO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Curriculum Map
Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: October Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we learn to read and understand literature? 2. How do we learn to read and understand informational texts? 3. How do we learn to communicate clearly through writing?
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards
Instructional Strategies and Differentiation Assessment Resources
October - 1st 9
Weeks
R.L. 8.4 R.I. 8.4
**Literary Graphic Organizer
**Vocabulary Word Wall
**Illustrate or compose their own examples of figurative language
**Internalization of vocabulary through use of a Word Map
(ReadWriteThink.org)
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text; figurative and connotative meaning; analyze specific word choices on meaning & tone - analogies and allusions to other texts
**Common Core Seeds for Success
Workbook Lesson #16,27
Reading Texts: Crispin Novel
**Standard Start -
Daily Practice
**Use it or Lose It - Daily grammar & Lit. skill Practce
October - 1st 9
Weeks
R.L. 8.2 Inferences Strategies Link - Wisconsin Ed. Communications Board
(Many links to differentiated ideas and strategies for drawing inferences
from texts)
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide objective summary of text
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #10,13
Reading Texts: Too Soon a Woman, We Are All One, Three Wise Guys
October -
1st 9 Weeks
L.8.2.a,b,c
**Mechanics/ Grammar Bulletin Board - add & sort in each unit throughout
the year **Students will have editing / grammar partners for peer editing
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause/ break & omission,
**Peer Editing & Use of Google Docs for editing and comments for
improvements
Grammarly.com - Instant Grammar Check
With some guidance and support from peers and adults,
develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning,
revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a
new approach, focusing on purpose
and audience
**Common Core Seeds for Success
Workbook Lesson
#28,29,30
**10 different Hooks
for intros
Langauge Textbook
- Transitions Practice & Usage
October - 1st 9
Weeks
W.8.3. **Narrative & Writing Graphic Organizers
GreatSource iwrite - Narrative Graphic Organizer (With examples for
struggling learners)
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences
a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically
Lesson #30
**10 Different Types of Hooks- Writing Intros
**Narratives Writing Assignment
**Language Textbook
October -
1st 9 Weeks
W.8.3.b
Great Source iwrite - Narrative Graphic Organizers
ReadWriteThink - Narrative Pyramid
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events,
and/or characters
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #30
**Narratives Writing Assignment
**Language Textbook
October -
1st 9 Weeks
W.8.3.c
Grammarly.com - Instant Grammar Check
Transitions Worksheet
Google Docs - Peer Editing
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook Lesson #30
**Transitions in Language Textbook
**Narratives Writing Assignment
October -
1st 9 Weeks
W.8.3.d
Sensory Details - List for Students Struggling for Ideas & Usage
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events
W.8.3.e Sensory Details - List for Students Struggling for Ideas & Usage ReadWriteThink - Narratives Pyramid
Writing Underground - Writing a Memorable Conclusion Tips
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events
**Common Core Seeds for Success
Workbook Lesson #30
**Narratives
Writing Assignment
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OHIO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Carrollton Exempted Village School District – Carrollton, Ohio
OHIO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Curriculum Map
Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: November - 2nd 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we learn to read and understand literature? 2. How do we learn to read and understand informational text? 3. How do we learn to determine word meanings using reference material and texts?
**Students will work within Station Groups to complete
Scavenger Hunt & other Reference Material Activities
**Teacher Support on Given Reference Material Actiivies
**Development of high-end student reference material questions collaboratively
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g.,dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital,to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #1,2
Reference Materials Scavenger Hunt - Middle School - Virginia
Dept. of Ed
Resources for School Librarians - Reference Materials Lessons
November - 2nd 9 Weeks
RL.8.10 Graphic Organizers for Active Reading - Lit. Textbook
Guided Comprehension - ReadWriteThink - Double
Entry Journal
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #10,12
Lit. Book Texts - Diary of Anne Frank, Refugee Poem, Dr. King I Have a Dream Speech, Crispin
Novel, Chicago Poems
November - 2nd 9 Weeks
W.8.3.d **Students will be given guided reading for Iphone activity to
help pinpoint Imagery
Sensory Details Activity - Kinesthetic Activity for All
Learners (Struggling)
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action
and convey experiences and events. **Common Core Seeds for
Success Workbook Lesson #30
**Iphone Sensory Details
Acitivty
November - 2nd 9 Weeks
L.8.1a,b,c,d
Gossman's Verbals Worksheets, Guided Notes,
and Quizzes (Use of guided notes &
worksheets within group work & individual work)
Explain the function of verbals/Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative,
interrogative, conditional,and subjunctive mood.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #1(appendices)
**Language Textbook Verbal
Usage Lessons
November - 2nd 9 Weeks
RL.8.3
Drama Map - Student Interactive Organizer -
ReadWriteThink
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a Analyze how
particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal
aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #11
**Literature Textbook drama examples: Let Me Hear You
Whisper, Diary of Anne Frank, Monkey’s Paw
November - RI.8.4 **Vocabulary Word Wall *Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
W.8.2.d **Vocabulary Word Wall **Internalization of vocabulary through use of a Word Map
(ReadWriteThink.org)
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the
topic
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #29
December -
2nd 9 Weeks
RL.8.9 Ohio Resource Center - Common Core R.L. 8.9: Activities
(Use for activities that allow for differentiation for all learners)
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes,patterns of events,or character types from myths,traditional stories, or religious works such as the
Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #15
Literature Textbook Selections:
Flowers for Algernon, Tell Tale Heart Crispin Novel
Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: January - 2nd/3rd 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we communicate clearly through writing? 2. How do we determine the credibility and accuracy of a source? 3. How do we use the conventions of standard English & knowledge of vocabulary to convey meaning in writing and speaking?
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards
Instructional Strategies and Differentiation
Assessment Resources
January - 2nd/3rd 9 Weeks
W.8.7.
Research Paper Format & Instructions
Research Paper Notes
Page
Research Paper - Graphic
Organizer Web
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (Including self-generated), drawing on several sources and generating additional & related, focused questions that allow for different levels exploration.
**MLA FORMAT - Occupation Research Paper- Main Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics
-Additional Resources Chosen by Student
MLA Sample Research Paper - Purdue University
OWL
Research Paper - Lesson Plan Design - Common
Core Format
January - 2nd/3rd 9 Weeks
W.8.8.
Evaluating the Credibility of a Source - Purdue University
OWL
MLA Formatting Guide - Purdue University OWL
Paraphrasing vs.
Plagiarism Activity - ReadWriteThink.org
MLA Research Paper -
Extra Credit Option
Gather relevant information from multiple print & digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
**MLA FORMAT - Occupation Research Paper- Main Source -
Bureau of Labor Statistics -Additional Resources
Chosen by Student
Works Cited Citation
Generator - MLA Format
January - 2nd/3rd 9 Weeks
W.8.9. a.,b. Common Core References & Resources
to help all learners (Upper End)
Informational Text
Reference - NY Times Education Blog
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature and to literary nonfiction.
Ohio Resource Center - Common Core W.8.9 a,b - Multiple Resources &
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Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: February - 3rd 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we the conventions of standard English and knowledge of vocabulary to convey meaning in writing & speaking? 2. How do we learn to read and understand informational text? 3.
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards
Instructional Strategies and Differentiation
Assessment Resources
February - 3rd 9 Weeks
L.8.5. Ohio Resource Center - Lessons, References, &
Resources
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in
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Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: March - 3rd/4th 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we the conventions of standard English and knowledge of vocabulary to convey meaning in writing & speaking? 2. How do we learn to communicate clearly through writing? 3.
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards
Instructional Strategies and Differentiation
Assessment Resources
March - 3rd/4th
9 Weeks
W.8.6. Use of Google Docs throughout the school year and writing assignments
for collaboration.
Ohio Resource Center - Common
Core - W.8.6 - Lessons, References, & Activities
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas
efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
*Technology that is
available
March - 3rd/4th
9 Weeks
W.8.10. Journal Prompts & Research / Writing
Assignments
Write routinely over extended time frames(time for research,reflection,and
revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two.)
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
*ReadWriteThink
March - 3rd/4th 9 Weeks
SL.8.1.
Ohio Resource Center - Common Core References, Lessons, &
Resources - Speaking & Listening Activities - Women in Aviation, Charles Dickins, Radio Lesson
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions(one-on-one,in groups,and teacher-led)with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues,building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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Carrollton Exempted Village School District – Carrollton, Ohio
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Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: April - 4th 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we use the conventions of standard English and knowledge of vocabulary to convey meaning in writing & speaking? 2. 3.
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards
Instructional Strategies and Differentiation
Assessment Resources
April -
4th 9 Weeks
SL.8.4.
*Ohio Resource Center common core lessons, references, and resources
*LIsten up! Speak up! Radio broadcasts *Elie Wiesel: First Person
*The Great Depression and the 1900's *Build it up, Trim it down!
Present claims and findings,emphasizing salient points in a focused,coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound, valid reasoning, and well-chosen details;use appropriate eye contact,adequate volume,and clear pronunciation.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
Lesson #8,9
*The Civil War Through a Child's Eyes
*Vote for Me! Developing Writing and Evaluating Persuasive Speeches
April - 4th 9 Weeks
SL.8.5.
*Ohio Resource Center common core lessons, references, and resources
*Great Source.com
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information,strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
**Common Core Seeds for Success Workbook
*Boys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
*Extra! Extra!
*ReadWriteThink
April - 4th 9 Weeks
Ohio Resource Center Common core lessons, references, and resources *Spell Check
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when
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Course Title: 8th Grade Language Arts Month: May - 4th 9 Weeks Academic Year: 2013-2014
Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do we learn to read and understand informational text? 2. How do we learn to read and understand to build literacy across the curriculum? (History/Social Studies & Science) 3.
Unit/Time Frame
Core-Standards
Instructional Strategies and Differentiation
Assessment Resources
May - 4th 9 Weeks
RI.8.10.
*Ohio Resource Center Common core lessons, references, and resources
*Logging up Reading Mileage
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the
high end of the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.
**Common Core Seeds for Success
Workbook Lesson #26
*Ohio Resource Center common core lessons, references, and resources
*Ohio Resource Center Common core lessons, references, and resources
Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
**Common Core Seeds for Success
Workbook Lesson #23-27
**Sept to May
WHST. 6-8.1 to
WHST. 6-8.10
*Ohio Resource Center common core lessons, references, and resources
Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects - WRITING
**Common Core Seeds for Success
Workbook Lesson #23-27
Vocabulary:
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